2. Living room re-do

The biggest issue in the living room was a large patch of paint in the front corner which was peeling off and showing the evidence of some past water issues (I hope! Given it is a drought it could just be that there has been no leaks lately...).  So the first week of work for me was scraping off the peeling paint, sealing the wall, filling the holes and depressions left, re-sealing ready for painting.  Plus washing down all the walls!  So here are the before putty coloured walls with dirty curtains, peeling wall, brown varnished skirtings and heavy feeling:

Here is the work I did on the damp patch:

Here are the painting works done on the rest of it, during the process:

And here are the after shots - no damp peeling paint, creamy skirtings, fresh white walls, and clean curtains...